"Liu Tao, Du Youlin and other important criminals, a hundred rods, and a small family ...... Lingnan"

I thought that life and death were small and untemperate things were big, but when I really got the news, my feelings were still very different from what I expected.

It was the first time for Du Wulang to face the torture in his life, and he couldn't help but be at a loss.

He couldn't be as undisturbed as Xue Bai, and he didn't know what to do.

The next moment, the whole person was picked up.

"I don't have any energy." Yang Zhao stretched out his hand and patted his round face, and asked, "Can you see it?" The crown prince can't protect anyone. This Datang, who is the one who is really worthy of service? Right phase! ”

Du Wulang then cried.

Because of seeing Yang Zhao's dirty appearance, he felt sick and nauseated.

He was suddenly very afraid that after today, he would gradually become a person like Yang Zhao.

"Crying? Does crying work? Don't you understand when you kneel down and beg for the right minister? Rubbish. ”

Yang Zhao saw that Du Wulang's snot was about to drip down, and let go of his hand in disgust, and when he turned his head to see Qinglan crying, I couldn't help laughing: "It's too pitiful for the little maid to wander to Lingnan, why don't you beg me to redeem you?" ”

Qinglan hurriedly shook her head and looked out of the hall with a distressed gaze.

If Xue Bai doesn't come back, she doesn't want to be exiled or bullied, she would rather die in this right prime minister's mansion, and use her cheap blood to taint the unspeakable prime minister.

At this moment, someone came from the other side of the corridor.

"Xue Bai!"

Qinglan immediately pounced, like a frightened fawn.

When Du Wulang saw it, he also wanted to follow.

He was held down by Yang Zhao.

"Hugh is presumptuous in the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

"Xue Bai, they want to kill my grandfather with a rod!" Du Wulang cried.

Xue Bai patted Qinglan first, but before he could speak, his calm expression already gave people a sense of peace of mind.

At this time, Cang Bi, the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion, hurried past him, as if he were his entourage.

"Yang joins the army." Cang Bi said: "Ah Lang ordered you and Xue Bai to go to Dali Temple." ”

Yang Zhao smiled and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

"It's gone." Cang Bi glanced at him lightly.

Yang Zhao was disappointed and secretly scolded Li Linfu for not rewarding his merits.

~~

Chang'an City has Waiguo City, Palace City, and Imperial City.

Miyagi is located in the north, where the emperor lives; The Imperial City is located in the south of the palace city, which is where the temple, the official office, the military office, and the warehouse are located, that is, the administrative place.

The buildings in the imperial city are magnificent, and it is a different scenery compared with the outer state.

Dali Temple is located in the west of the imperial city, right next to the Shunyi Gate.

In front of the lobby of the government office, there were many prisoners kneeling on the ground, and Du Cheng was among them.

Seeing that Li Linfu and Ji Wen did not come today, and Yan Zhenqing, the governor of Chang'an County, took out the draft, coupled with Jingzhao Yin Han Chaozong's arguments to prove that the Du family was wronged, Du Cheng retracted his confession on the spot.

"Wronged! The people's daughter has never seen who Liu Tao befriended for the East Palace, and as for arson to burn the evidence, it is even more false, it is all the Jingzhao Mansion Law Cao Jiwen tortured to extract a confession, and he was beaten into a trick, please let the public know it. ”

"Not bad." Han Chaozong immediately said: "The prince and Du Liangdi are not on good terms, and they have already reconciled, how can they order Liu Tao to operate?" Not to mention sending people to destroy evidence? There is only a confession and no physical evidence in this case, and there are many doubts. Liu Tao, still don't recruit from the truth?! ”

"I, I'm wronged, I just had a quarrel with my father-in-law, and I ......was angry for a while."

Soon, Han Chaozong took advantage of Li Linfu's absence to clarify the case as quickly as possible and sent it to Miyagi.

Seeing this situation, Du Cheng thought that the Du family had been wronged.

She thought of the young man Lang Xue Bai who was rescued by the Du family, and it was he who reported the news overnight, so they found the key evidence in the study, handed it over to the prince, and then handed it to these upright and honest officials, and finally overturned the case.

"It's done, and we did it." Du Cheng said in her heart.

However, when the verdict came down, it fell on her ears like a thunderbolt.

"Liu Tao, Du Youlin and other important criminals, a hundred rods, and a small family ...... Lingnan"

Du Cheng couldn't believe it.

The case has been clearly tried, her grandfather is wronged, and the Du family is wronged, why should the innocent be punished?

No one explained it to her.

It was as if the previous interrogation was just a performance before the feast, and no matter how it was performed, it would not affect the serving.

And the people of the Du family, who were kneeling and trembling, were the appetizers of this feast.

The princes in the hall sat on their heads, as if they wanted to divide their food.

~~

In the imperial history, Yang Shenjin's eyes fell, and he looked at Du Cheng's beautiful face with a sad expression in his eyes, and sighed sympathetically.

He always knew that even if the Du family was wronged and the case was already big, it would be impossible for the saint to pardon the Du family. Otherwise, if people have the illusion that it doesn't hurt to be close to the prince, what good will it do to the community?

Therefore, he watched Han Chaozong coldly today, and he tried his best to clear the Du family's grievances, and he did not stop him from beginning to end.

"Ugh."

"Han Gong." Yang Shenjin turned his head and whispered, "You've done your best." ”

"The prince has cut his robe to avoid the fire, and today I am not the prince, but to settle the case as soon as possible."

Yang Shenjin nodded and said, "Han Gong is righteous." ”

Han Chaozong smiled bitterly, glanced sideways at Chen Xilie, the left minister who was sitting behind and listened to the trial, and didn't know if the other party was asleep.

Just this year, the original left prime minister Li Shizhi has been demoted by Li Linfu and replaced with Chen Xilie, who doesn't care about everything.

Han Chaozong has always been good friends with Li Shizhi, and he already knew that Jing Zhaoyin, was about to get out. But Fang just explained, it was nothing more than hoping that Li Linfu would not be killed.

"I can't call it Gao Yi, it's just that I want to do a good thing in Jing Yin's tenure in the end, but unfortunately I can't do it."

Although Yang Shenjin also worked for Li Linfu, he still had a good backbone, glanced around, and lowered his voice and said: "Han Gong has already lived countless lives, if the Du family is convicted of the great crime of rebellion today, I am afraid that there will be more dead." ”

"That's all I can do."

"There's nothing to be done." Yang Shen said: "Then, kill Liu Tao with a cane first?" ”

Han Chaozong nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Yang Shenjin is a right-hand minister, and he wants to kill Liu Tao, the prince's brother-in-law; Han Chaozong was close to the prince in his heart, but he also wanted to kill Liu Tao as soon as possible, so as not to bite more people.

The two have different positions, but their murderous intentions are the same at the moment.

~~

"Wronged!"

Liu Tao has long lost his former boldness, was pressed to the ground, and shouted that he was wronged.

The prisoner of Dali Temple shook his head and said, "Are you wronged? Are you wronged? Do you know how many people have been killed by you? ”

The little official turned around and pointed, Liu Tao was lying there and looked at his fingers, and saw Taoist priest Fang Daxu, Du Mansion steward Quan Rui and other accomplices, and at the same time there were many of his friends who were tied aside.

Thinking of the past, Liu Tao was in a trance, still not believing that he could fall to death, and shouted: "They promised me!" Geven, you promise me to sue the prince that you will have a great future! Your ...... to Promise Me"

"Execution!"

Liu Tao was cold, and his middle coat had been taken off.

"Smack!"

In the loud sound, the cane struck, and the pain was severe.

He couldn't help but scream miserably, still hoping that Jiwen would stop the torture or survive the hundred rods, so he gritted his teeth and suffered.

"Smack!"

I don't know why, the cane looked light, but every blow was really painful, only five canes later, the skin on the willow cheek was already open, and he couldn't support it anymore, begging for mercy like a pig.

"Ahh Pain...... Stop it...... Kill me......"

"Kill me!"

The screams reached the yamen and into the ears of the prisoners, causing them to tremble.

Many people who were involved by Liu Tao were still scolding, and they didn't dare to speak out again.

There were only more than twenty sounds, and the sound of tarts had stopped.

"Report, Liu Tao can't stand it, the rod is dead!"

“……”

Du Cheng couldn't help but turn her head to look, only to see the bold and sloppy husband lying naked in the courtyard motionless, with blurred flesh and blood on his cheek, and then, it was picked up like a broken sack and thrown aside.

"Poof."

Even the sound of landing on the ground was like a sack.

Du Cheng's tears burst out of her eyes again.

Looking back on those days, Liu Tao was dignified and talked extraordinary, and everyone in the family was satisfied; After marriage, there were times of respect; Later, the second sister married the prince, and he listened to a lot of praise outside, and his madness gradually revealed until he was out of control; So the whole family hated him, and she persuaded him countless times in private, but there was nothing she could do about him.

She didn't have a deep relationship with him, but she desperately wanted to abide by the duty of a wife. But at this time, she suddenly hated that she couldn't make up her mind earlier, and she had to maintain that apparent dignity until a big mistake was made.

"Next, Du Youlin."

There was no time for Du Cheng to grieve for her husband, and her father was dragged to the courtyard again.

"No!"

"Don't touch the old man's clothes!"

"Grandpa!"

"Knock it down!"

"Alang!"

“……”

At this time, seeing Du Youlin being dragged out, he knew that this unwarranted disaster would come to him next, and he was terrified, wailing one after another, and there was chaos.

Du Cheng struggled to get up and wanted to stop it, but in the confusion, she was hit on the forehead and fell to the ground.

"Stop!"

In the imperial history, Yang Shenjin shouted, stepped forward in person, and helped Du Cheng up.

"My grandfather is wronged! Save the public and check clearly! ”

Yang Shenjin said softly, "The lady can't save Ling Zun anymore, take care of yourself, Yang will try his best to avoid the pain of your migration." ”

Du Cheng was stunned.

She pursed her lips suddenly, broke away from Yang Shenjin's hand, and fell to her knees again.

How could she not understand what he meant?

The implication is nothing more than asking her to be his concubine or a private trick.

She didn't feel moved, she only felt humiliated.

The feeling of being treated like a dish and waiting to be eaten was so suffocating that she couldn't breathe.

She would rather wait for her grandfather to die and die in the government office again, rather than beg these people for mercy again.

There was a muffled sound of tarts behind him, and Du Cheng knelt there, not looking at Du Youlin, who was being flogged, but just gritted his teeth and bit blood.

suddenly

"Stop!"

There were loud shouts one after another.

"Stop!"

Du Cheng's heart that had only sunk to the bottom trembled violently again, and she felt that the voice was faintly familiar, so she hurriedly turned around.

I saw a person coming up the stairs and stopped the official who was flogging her grandfather.

"Xue Bai?"

Du Cheng was puzzled for a moment, and there was already surprise in her eyes.

"Xue Bai!"

~~

Xue Bai looked at the Dali Temple in front of him, with some strange kindness and inquiry in his eyes.

Even the location he recognized a little, probably in the area of Xijuyuan Lane in later generations, near Xi'an Children's Hospital.

But as he climbed the stairs, his eyes quickly became strange again.

He saw that the courtyard was covered with dried blood, and that the bodies of the people who had been killed by the cane in Wei Jian's case had been piled up in a mountain, and that they had only recently made room for the preparation of new corpses, and that the old and weak women and children kneeling in the hall were all innocent, and all of them looked at each other with fearful eyes, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

He did not feel the majesty of the law.

There is only the majesty of imperial power and the majesty of relative power.

This is not a fair place for the people to punish their sins and do justice, but a slaughterhouse for two people who live in fear of being robbed of their authority and wantonly killing the weak!

The more Xue Bai looked, the stranger he became, and with every step he climbed, his face became more and more heavy......

~~

Several small officials looked at each other, and what they saw was a young man with a strong aura and no anger and self-authority, and the right Xiaowei who followed behind him held a token and shouted loudly.

The prestige of the official was so great that they were so frightened that they didn't dare to stop it, and they retreated again and again, and one fell to the ground one after another.

Kicking up the snow.